7.5

CVE-2001-1459: openbsd openssh

CVSS: 7.5v2.0HighModified
AliasesDEBIAN-CVE-2001-1459
Published 21-04-2005Last modified 08-08-2024
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2001-1459 is a high (CVSS 7.5) vulnerability in openbsd openssh. EPSS estimates a 2.16% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 81.9% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
30/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
7.5/10
010
High · v2.0 (NVD)
EPSS score
2.16%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Timeline

  1. 21-04-2005
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 08-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

OpenSSH 2.9 and earlier does not initiate a Pluggable Authentication Module (PAM) session if commands are executed with no pty, which allows local users to bypass resource limits (rlimits) set in pam.d.

CVSS metrics

1 score · 1 source · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

2.16%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

82%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 2.16% on 20-09-2026

20-09-202620-10-2026
EPSS score
2.16%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

No weakness data has been published for this record.

Affected systems

Debian1 product
  • openssh< 1:3.0.1p1-1
Openbsd1 product
  • openssh2.1 | 2.1.1 | 2.2 | 2.3 | 2.5 | 2.5.1 | 2.5.2 | 2.9

2 vendors · 2 products

References

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